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Shadow of Endeavour

Discover stunning photos of Endeavour docked to the International Space Station and incredible views captured by Dani Caxete.

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[Update: ARG! In the original post, I had put up a picture that did not have Endeavour docked to the Space Station. My mistake; I grabbed the wrong image from Dani. I have fixed it below. Sorry for any inconvenience.]Endeavour is safely back on Earth. But while it was docked to the International Space Station, it cast a long, long shadow... which you can see in this astonishing picture:

[Click to ungdwarfenate.] Cool, isn't it? I know, it's small -- you can see it more clearly in the full-res picture -- but here's a close-up:

You can now see the ISS much better (along with a sunspot -- note that spot below the ISS is roughly the size of the Earth!); Endeavour is the long fuzzy bump on the top of the horizontal bar on the upper right going between the two sets of solar panels. This picture was taken ...

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